Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a very simple message for those who have
issues with what they might see on his Showtime “All Access”
Series:

Everything is edited with entertainment in mind.

On Tuesday, Mayweather appeared before the Nevada Athletic
Commission to address concerns regarding the second episode of “All
Access,” which aired ahead of his Sept. 13 rematch with Marcos
Maidana.

In that episode, amateur boxer Sharif Rahman absorbs a brutal
beating from fellow amateur Donovan Cameron during a sparring
session. Hasim Rahman Jr., Sharif’s older brother, then challenges
Cameron to get in the ring with him, and they appear to spar for 31
minutes until Cameron could no longer continue.

On “All Access,” Mayweather referred to such sessions as the “dog
house,” where both fighters keep going until one can’t continue.
“Money” adjusted that assessment when speaking to the commission,
claiming that the clips were edited and both boxers received “more
than three or four breaks.”

“As far as the issues with ‘All Access,’ it’s all about
entertainment,” Mayweather said. “We do take breaks when we spar. I
make sure everything is handled in a proper and respectful manner.
I’m not going to let no one get hurt because safety is very
important in the sport of boxing.”

Mayweather added that while he has adopted different standards to
his own training, other fighters in his gym are closely monitored,
especially during those now infamous “dog house” sessions.

“When I box, I box 15-minute rounds -- sometimes 27 minutes
straight. I do it because I’ve been doing this my whole life,” he
said. “Other fighters, we make them take breaks. We monitor and we
watch everyone box. We make sure every workout is monitored by my
whole staff and my whole team.

“When it becomes the dog house, I’m not working out when they’re
boxing,” Mayweather continued. “I’m there to monitor and watch
everything that’s going on myself. Everyone’s watching, but I make
sure that I’m watching myself.”

During the course of the hearing, commissioner Bill Brady also
vouched for the standards utilized at Mayweather’s gym.

“I’ve attended many of the gyms in town multiple times. I’ve been
by the Mayweather gym multiple times. I never call to make an
appointment. I always come in unannounced. The Mayweather gym has
the most trainers that I’ve seen in any of the gyms,” Brady said.
“It is watched closely. I’ve seen the sparring. When a person gets
tagged hard, it’s stopped. It’s a very disciplined gym.”

The other point of concern from the episode involved a segment
where several women appeared to be smoking marijuana at
Mayweather’s home. According to the pound-for-pound king, there was
no actual marijuana smoked during the scene.

“The marijuana thing, [those were props]. It wasn’t real
marijuana,” Mayweather said. “It’s all about entertainment. It’s a
new generation, a younger generation and we believe in going
outside the box, doing things that are different. By us doing
things that are different, we’ve had better numbers on pay-per-view
this time around.”

Ultimately, Mayweather’s explanations seemed to satisfy the
commission, which only requested that the boxer and his team inform
them when more controversial material might arise on a future
edition of “All Access.”

“With ‘All Access,’ we’re able to edit and chop footage like we
want to chop and edit footage. A lot of times you can look and see
myself with a certain outfit on, and I get inside and spar and have
a totally different outfit on,” Mayweather said. “The piece that
they cut is edited. Everything that we do, you can edit it how you
want to edit it.”